About This Artwork

Italian (?)

Figure of Saint Paul, late19th century

Gold, silver, enamel, and diamond
6.6 x 2.1 cm (2 1/2 x 13/16 in.)
Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf, 1992.551

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

Ian Wardropper et al, Renaissance Jewelry in the Alsdorf Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 25, 2 (2000), pp. 91 and 98, no. 53.

Ownership History

J. Schmidt [according to Gutman sale catalogue, p. 18]. Melvin Gutman, New York, by 1968; his sale, New York, Parke-Bernet, October 17, 1969, no. 38; Marilynn B. Alsdorf, Chicago [according to Wardropper 2000, p. 4]; given to the Art Institute, 1992.




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